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Formerly I was a deer-hunter, wandering in the wilderness;
I saw the stainless Buddha, gone to the far shore of all dhammas.
Toward him, the Greatly Compassionate One, who delighted in the welfare of all beings,
with a mind (citta) serenely confident, glad at heart, I made offering of a nela flower (nelapuppha).
#1 [Variant note: the Burmese (M.) and European (Yu.) editions read *abhivādiya*, "having paid homage."]
In the thirty-first aeon (kappa) from the present, since I made offering with that flower,
I know of no bad destination — this is the fruit of worship of the Buddha (buddhapūjā).
My defilements (kilesa) have been burnt away; all existences (bhava) have been extirpated;
like an elephant that has burst its bonds, I dwell free of taints (āsava).
Welcome indeed was my coming into the presence of my Buddha!
The three true knowledges (vijjā) have been attained; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
The four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), and also these eight liberations (vimokkha),
and the six superknowledges (chaḷabhiññā) have been realized; the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.
Thus indeed did the Venerable Girinelapūjaka the Elder speak these verses.
The Apadāna of the Elder Girinelapūjaka is concluded.
The Eighth: The Apadāna of the Elder Bodhisammajjaka (528)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.